The Tigers and Titans do battle at Leichhardt with both hoping to keep pace with the eight. Later South Sydney host the Cowboys hoping to close the gap at the top.
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Titans ruin Robbie Farah's Leichhardt return
Gold Coast has ruined the anticipated Leichhardt comeback of former captain Robbie Farah with a 30-12 win over the Wests Tigers.
Scores were locked at 12-all after almost an hour when Titans fullback Michael Gordon gave his side the lead with a penalty goal.
Tries to AJ Brimson and Anthony Don in the final 20 minutes silenced a sellout crowd that had hoped to celebrate the emotional return of Farah and injection of fellow mid-season signing Moses Mbye.
And despite a late mini-break by Farah that got the crowd into a frenzy, many of them walked out early as the Titans joined the Tigers on 14 points — six adrift of the top eight.
The defeat for the early-season surprise packets, who also had five-eighth Josh Reynolds battling a shoulder injury for most of the match, extends their losing streak to four.
Almost 700 days after Farah farewelled the Tigers faithful by drinking beers while sitting on the ground's famous scoreboard, the veteran turned back the clock with a vintage performance.
Three times the former NSW State of Origin captain broke into the backfield, and finished the afternoon with three tackle busts, two offloads and a try assist.
Mbye also impressed with a team-high 158 metres and six tackle busts, but it was not enough as a gritty Titans outfit went toe-to-toe before coming through in the clutch.
Titans forward Jai Arrow, who was arguably his team's best, sealed the win with a 78th minute try.
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